It's funny how things snowball sometimes lol! Nice work on posting the pics though, very informative! Best of luck getting it all back buttoned up!
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It's funny how things snowball sometimes lol! Nice work on posting the pics though, very informative! Best of luck getting it all back buttoned up!
Cricket,
Thanks for the description of how these tanks were installed.
Please send more photos especially how you close off the tanks. I am thinking of doing this on one of my fuel tanks that has been abandoned for over 15 years.
Jon
There used to be a video in the videos section of this site there's one that was a tour of the High Point plant. The tank molds were visible in some of the sequences and it appeared that the tanks were laid up over the molds of the inside shape. I @$$ume in two pieces, then glassed together.
Too bad the video isn't still up. It was pretty interesting.
I cut up and removed my aft tank from lazarette due to leak. Can confirm it construction was a top and bottom molded over a plug. Baffles tabbed into bottom, with top puttied and bronze screwed to baffles and bottom, then glassed with tape over join and screw heads. Fittings installed from outside with backing plates and gaskets.
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Cricket,
I take it from your pics today that the spring clamps are holding the new fiberglass "cleats" being epoxied in.
Then, your original fiberglass pieces glued (epoxy with some fiberglass) right on top of the cleats?
Details....
Thanks
Jon
Yes, epoxy the cutouts (or new pieces) onto the cleats and then glass over the seam.
Probably going to end up using G10 pieces instead of the cut outs since they're perfect on both sides.
We were going to just glue everything on the outside/top of the tank but think this way is stronger, and we don't have to glass a weird seam/edge.
Using the G10 saved us a ton of hours/work, even though is looks to be expensive, $370 for a 1/4" 4x8 sheet ended up being cheap overall.
All sealed up, just have to install the pick ups, vent, Maretron sender, and inspection plate.
And to think this was going to be an easy install of the Maretron parts.........
Very good pics and potentially very useful thread. I appreciate your making such a detailed record.